flow rate

of a quantity

Quantity $X$ (e.g. heat, amount, mass, volume, ...) transferred in a time interval divided by that time interval. General symbols: $q X$ , $X .$ .

Source:

Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 65

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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. doi:10.1351/goldbook.

Last update: 2009-09-07; version: 2.1.5.

DOI of this term: doi:10.1351/goldbook.F02441.

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